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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Salvador Perez's single down the left field line capped a two-run, 12th-inning rally, and the Kansas City Royals stunned the Oakland Athletics 9-8 Tuesday in the American League wild-card game. The Royals advance to play the Los Angeles Angels in the American League division series. A sell-out crowd of 40,502 watched the first postseason game in Kansas City since 1985, and the home team prevailed after trailing 7-3 in the eighth inning and then falling behind 8-7 in the 12th. First baseman Eric Hosmer launched a triple off the top of the wall in left-center off Oakland reliever Dan Otero with one out in the bottom of the 12th. Designated hitter Christian...

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